Intro topic: What are expectations on developers that have nothing to do with programming
News/Links:
- Pushing for a lower dev estimate is like negotiating weather with a Meteorologist
- https://smartguess.is/blog/your-estimate-is-less-than-that/
- Announcing python in excel
- https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/excel-blog/announcing-python-in-excel-combining-the-power-of-python-and-the/ba-p/3893439
- 7 Habits of Highly Effective Software Engineers
- https://makingsmallercircles.com/articles/7-habits-of-highly-effective-software-engineers/
- Raspberry pi 5 begins shipping
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https://www.phoronix.com/news/Raspberry-Pi-5-Shipping
Book of the Show
- Patrick:
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Illustrated Edition
- Jason:
- The Pete and Sebastian Show
- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-pete-and-sebastian-show/id570256898
Patreon Plug https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h
Tool of the Show
- Patrick:
- Jason:
- Ink by Inkle
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https://github.com/inkle/ink
Topic: Godot
- What is a game engine?
- Graphics, animation, particle effects
- Tilemaps
- Entity component systems
- Physics
- Sound
- I/O
- Input handling (touchscreen, joystick)
- GDScript
- Why use a game engine?
- Portability
- Allow for testing individual components of the game
- Libraries for ads, in-app-purchases
- Godot
- Open source
- Focused on 2-D but now many 3-D features
- Great development environment
- AI Hero
- Started in phaser (development rut)
- Moved to Godot, rapid prototyping
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